Tag: Angul

Bhubaneswar: At least two persons including a woman were trampled to death by an elephant at Changudia village under Kaniha forest range in Angul on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Babula Sahu (24) and Ahalya Sahu (50). The incident occurred when the duo was on their way to a nearby agricultural field. An […]

Angul: A man suspected to be a part of sand mafia allegedly torched the personal vehicle of Chhendipada tehsildar in the district after the latter prevented him to lift sand from river without paying revenue. The accused, identified as Priyabrat Naik alias Papu, warned the tehsildar in the evening on Monday against his order on […]

Angul: In yet another instance of gross failure of Janani Suraksha Yojana, a woman of Phuljhari village under Kishore Nagar police limits in the district delivered a baby inside an auto-rickshaw on way to hospital. Family members of Kabita Padhan called ‘102’ ambulance in the evening on Wednesday soon after she suffered from labour pain. […]

Angul: A child was killed and his father critically injured after a wall of the house they were sleeping in collapsed in JungleJhamunda village under Nisa police limits here in the district on Friday night. According to reports, Dusasana Behera and his family were sleeping in the house when one of the walls of the […]

Angul: Angry villagers in Chandanpur under Bantala police limits in the district detained three policemen while they were trying to rescue two youths. As per reports, the villagers had caught the youths for alleged stealing of electricity cables in the area. On being informed, the cops tried to rescue the two youths but the irate […]

Angul: A woman and her infant son were killed in a car mishap near Atharphutia under Thakurgarh police limits in the district today. As per preliminary investigation, a woman, her husband and son were travelling in a car when the vehicle lost balance and fell into a roadside gorge. While the woman and her child […]

Angul: Two women were killed of asphyxiation after their house caught fire in Bantala Bazaar of the district in the wee hours today. The two deceased, identified as Bimala and Ujjwala were sisters. A kerosene lamp in the house is suspected to be the reason behind spread of the blaze in the house. All the […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a cue from the tiger relocation programmes at Sariska National Park of Maharashtra and Panna National Park of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha forest department is all set to launch the ambitious project at Satkosia tiger reserve in Angul district to maintain bio-diversity in the major forest. One male and a female tiger will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed after an elephant trampled a man at Oupada Mahadia village under Sadar range in Dhenkanal in the wee hours on Sunday.   The deceased has been identified as Prasanna Baral. The incident occurred when he was on his way to a neaby field for attending nature’s call.   Local villages said that […]

Angul: A lecturer of the Angul Government College was allegedly abducted and thrashed by five students of the college today. As per a complaint lodged with police, the five students forcibly took the lecturer of Philosophy department with them from the college and beat up mercilessly before dropping him near Hulurisingha. Police later rescued the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall besides thunderstorm with lightning in the next 48 hours, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places in north Odisha during the next 48 hours,” the IMD said in its bulletin. It also said that thunderstorm with lightning is […]

Angul: A jawan was found dead with gunshot wounds on chest at Chheliapada CRPF camp in the district today. He has been identified as Mihir Das from Kendrapara district. Das was in charge of arms and ammunition store at the camp. The fellow jawans heard noise of firing in the store at around 6 am […]

Angul: Seven persons were arrested by Angul police on Sunday in connection with abduction of a contractor. Six cell phones, a Bolero that was allegedly used for the kidnapping and a motorcycle were reportedly seized by police from them. However, two more accused are still absconding. Meanwhile, in a press conference held yesterday, Angul Additional […]

Bhubaneswar: Fourteen persons were killed and six other injured in lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Balasore district, while one person each was killed at Mahamadabad village under Srijanga panchayat and at Kuligan under Khandapada police limits, five persons were injured in total. Similarly in Bhadrak district, lightning claimed one life each at […]

Angul: A day after the video of a teacher engaging students to wash her scooter was aired on OTV, she was suspended by the block education officer. Earlier yesterday, soon after the news surfaced the district education officer had ordered the block education officer to to initiate action against the said teacher. The incident surfaced […]